Talk:Hero System
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"It also is incredibly flexible in character creation, allowing players to create nearly any character they can imagine. In fact, the Hero System is considered by some as the most flexible game system ever created."
Some of the language here seems very subjective and over the top, e.g. "incredibly", "the most flexible", etc. Is there a factual basis for claiming that the Hero System is more flexible than GURPS? --68.85.27.88 21:03, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It's a topic that has been heavily debated in other forums, and their are pundits on both sides. So the "by some" is the key phrase in that statement. I've used both systems and I consider Hero slightly more flexible in terms of character creation than GURPS. The increadibly does seem a bit over the top, and could be toned down a little IMO. RJH 21:26, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Prejudism against the common d6
"It was one of the first systems to forego the use of polyhedral dice." I know what the author of this is trying to say (too tired to rewrite it tonight), but, last time I checked, the cube was considered to be a polyhedron. Several RPG's have foregone the use of polyhedral dice; electing to use decks of cards, coin flips, drawing chits from bags (dating myself) etc... Perhaps, "It was one of the first systems to forego the use of polyhedral dice, other then the common six-sided variety."?
I am relatively new to Wikipedia, but wouldn't a discussion of the body/stun combat mechanic be on-topic, as it was a relatively new concept at the time of the games creation and a significant deviation for hit-points. Star Wars d20 appears to have adopted a similar mechanic in the use of its Wound/Vitality points.
Another, relatively uncommon element of the Hero System is the use of the Speed Chart for initiative. 66.125.96.134 08:12, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merger
For some unknown reason, my attempt to find the article under "HERO System" didn't result in finding this article. Therefore I mistakenly thought there was no article and wrote one from scratch. A merger is obviously called for. --Michael Hopcroft 02:55, 30 November 2005 (PST)
Merging as requested. For a while, I thought HERO System would be the better title, since that's what Hero Games uses but then noticed that nothing links there, while a dozen or more pages link to Hero System, so will try to merge here. GRuban 19:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Whew. Done. Some redundancy still remains, but I think the combination is a major improvement over each page separately. GRuban 20:53, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Publication dates
Publication dates of 1st and 5th ed. are according to RPG Encyclopedia —TowerDragon 07:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
